As Amnesty International’s Stop Torture Campaign gains momentum across the globe, their stories make it clear that, as U.S. based activists, our work must begin in our own backyard. Decades of brutality tore apart Chicago torture survivors’ families and communities and they have been denied the reparations needed to make them whole.

Join Amnesty now as we urge the Chicago City Council to ensure reparations for survivors by passing the Reparations Ordinance for the Chicago Police Torture Survivors.

Torture happens here – so the fight to #StopTorture has to start here. Here are 6 ways you can join us in that fight:

Take Action!

1. Sign the petition. Your signatures will be delivered in Chicago as the ordinance gains momentum.

Get creative – cover your eyes with a blindfold, make a sign that says #StopTorture or #ReparationsNow, or hold up the names of Chicago Police torture survivors. We will use the images to show Chicago City Council Members that no one will turn a blind eye to torture.

One-third of Americans polled in our Global Survey on Torture said they would not feel safe from torture if they were taken into custody in the United States. When you hear the stories of Chicago police torture survivors, it’s easy to understand why.

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